1. VOCABULARY

In the city:

IN THE CITY:
the baker's	la panadería	The bread at that baker's is vey good.
the bar	el bar
the bank	el banco
the bookshop	la librería	I'm going to the bookshop to buy that new book.
the bus stop	la parada de autobús
the butcher's	la carnicería	He want's to buy chicken at the butcher's.
the cinema	el cine
the chemist's	la farmacia
the city center	el centro de la ciudad
the clothes shop	la tienda de ropa	The clothes shop is closed.
the disco	la discoteca
the fishmonger's	la pescadería	You can buy fish at the fishmonger's.
the greengrocer's	el puesto de verdura, la frutería	She is going to the greengrocer's to buy bananas.
the hairdresser's	la peluquería	I have my hair cut at the hairdresser's.
the hospital	el hospital
the market	el mercado	I go to the market on the high street every Saturday.
the museum	el museo
the neighbourhood	el barrio
the news stand	el quiosco	They always buy their magazines at the news stand.
the outskirts	las afueras
the post office	la oficina de correos
the restaurant	el restaurante
the school	la escuela
the shop	la tienda	The shop opens at 10.00 a.m.
the shopping center	el centro comercial	The shopping certre is very big.
the stationer's	la papelería	I buy pencils at the stationer's.
the supermarket	el supermercado	You can do your shopping at the supermarket.
the tobacconist's	el estanco	You can buy a bus card at the tobacconist's.
the theatre	el teatro
the train station	la estación de tren
the underground station	la estación de metro
the university	la universidad
the village	el pueblo

Where's the post office, please?
The post office is on the left.

at the end of	al final de
at the start of	al principio de	The chemist's is at the start of High Street.
behind	detrás de
far	lejos
in front of	delante de
left	izquierda	Turn left at the next street.
near	cerca
opposite	enfrente
over there	allí
right	derecha
the corner	la esquina
the pavement	la acera
to be located	estar situado	The hospital is located on the outskirts of the city.
to cross	cruzar	Cross the street.
to get lost	perderse	We've got lost!
to go straight ahead	seguir recto	Go straight ahead.
to turn	girar	Turn right at the next street.

Sample text:
I live in a big city with lots of history. There are many shops and supermarkets to buy anything you need. If you need entertainment you can go to bars, the cinema, restaurants or the theatre. I live close to the city center and the train station (about 15 minutes walking distance). The university where I studied at wasn't very far from my house. It's about 35 minutes walking distance. I was lucky for that.

2. GRAMMAR

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The spelling rules for big, hot, etc. are the same as for verbs ending in -ing, e-g- big, biggest; hot, hottest.
After superlatives, we use in the world, in the class, etc, NOT of.

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